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A quiet quantum revolution in Earth's deep interior
Renata Wentzcovitch, Laura Cobden, Christine Houser +2
The Earth's lower mantle hosts a subtle but pervasive quantum phenomenon: the pressure-induced spin crossover of iron in its dominant minerals, bridgmanite and ferropericlase. In t…
The origin of Earth's mantle nitrogen: primordial or early biogeochemical cycling?
H. Kurokawa, M. Laneuville, Y. Li +5
Earth's mantle nitrogen (N) content is comparable to that found in its N-rich atmosphere. Mantle N has been proposed to be primordial or sourced by later subduction, yet its origin…
Influence of the iron spin crossover in ferropericlase on the lower mantle geotherm
Juan J. Valencia-Cardona, Gaurav Shukla, Zhongqing Wu +3
The iron spin crossover in ferropericlase introduces anomalies in its thermodynamics and thermoelastic properties. Here we investigate how these anomalies can affect the lower mant…